Wolf Gap offers three types of homeschool programs:
Curiosity Club, a once-monthly program offering deeper dives on specific topics in history & science for K-8th (registration required)
Wild Wolves Play Day, a free once-weekly child-led homeschool meetup for all ages
Canebrake Wildschool, a once-weekly nature school with an emphasis on the arts, nature, and history for K-5 (registration required)
Link to Curiosity Club Registration Form
Canebrake Wildschool is an all-weather nature school day where children and their caregivers share the joy of exploration in nature and curiosity about the past and present.
Each Canebrake day sets aside time for Arts in Nature, Living History, Natural Science, and Nature Journaling - along with plenty of active play. Canebrake kids should come ready for the weather, rain or shine, cold or heat, and be ready to get dirty or wet!
A day at Canebrake includes:
Arts in Nature - Creative projects related to, or using, nature items
Living History - Curious discovery of how history is alive all around us
Natural Sciences - Scientific inquiry of animals and plants
Nature Journaling - a Charlotte Mason style observation of nature
Canebrake is an all-weather program, and the caregiver is required to stay with the group. Bring a zero-waste lunch to enjoy as part of our day together.
Younger and older siblings are welcome, but some of our activities will require caregiver attention to the enrolled student. Canebrake programs are best suited for grades K-5.
Canebrake days are led by Wolf Gap staff and volunteers. All supplies are provided and each student will have a supply kit and personal nature journal to use throughout the term.
Families register for the entire term, not for single sessions.
STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF CANEBRAKE! Send us an interest email if you want to make sure you find out when we open Canebrake again for enrollment!
Wild Wolves Play Day is a child-led time for exploration, play, and projects. Wild Wolves may spend one day building shelters in the woods, another day creating art from found items, or another day tracking the birds they see and hear - it’s all driven by what catches their interest.
Wild Wolves meet on Wednesdays from 10am-12pm from February 4 - May 14 (no meetup March 18 for Spring Break). This is an all-weather program and is entirely outdoors. Bathrooms are available inside the Wolf Gap Education Center. No registration is required, and there is no cost to attend.
A Wolf Gap volunteer facilitates Wild Wolves Play Days. Caregivers are expected to stay with the group, while giving their children freedom of exploration. Children of all ages are welcome.
Curiosity Club is a once-monthly 90-minute enrichment program with an in-depth focus on a single topic from history, science, art, or nature for students in K-8th grade. Each session includes a lesson portion and a hands-on activity portion.
Curiosity Club meets on the 1st Friday of each month from 10am-11:30am.
Spring Term 2026:
Paper Quilling, February 6
Quilling is a unique paper art that requires twisting, gluing, and pinching thin strips of paper into designs that make beautiful art, greeting cards, ornaments or decorations, or anything you can imagine! Students will use special tools to quill their own designs to make at least one greeting card or other quilled creation.
Old-Fashioned Toys, March 6
Join us to get a sense of what it was like to be a child in the 1800s - we’ll skip the old-fashioned chores and go straight to the old-fashioned toys! Students will discuss differences between childhood in the past and in the present, will get to try out a wide variety of old-fashioned toys, and will leave with at least one toy that they made during our class.
Pysanky Ukrainian Egg Decorating, April 3
Pysanky is an eastern European style of Easter egg decorating that is most associated with Ukraine. This style of egg art uses melted wax to selectively cover portions of the egg and to preserve different colors, allowing many colors and drawings on a single egg! Students will get to decorate at least one egg to take home.
In addition to the scheduled April 3rd Curiosity Club program, Pysanky programs are available for booking for any group of eight or more people for $15 per person in March through Easter.
Sheep to Shawl, May 1
Take part in (almost) every step of making clothing from scratch. Learn about the clothing that people wore in the past - and see just how they made it! Students will take part in washing and carding wool to prepare it for spinning, and will see a spinning wheel in action as they try their hands at the beginner’s spinning tool - the drop spindle. This program will incorporate a special display of textile artifacts on loan from the Giles County Historical Society!
Caregivers & younger siblings may stay with the student, or drop them off.
Registration is required. Registration closes one week before each scheduled program, or closes when the session meets its enrollment limit. Sessions are $15 each.
Register for 4 classes at one time and save $10 on your 4th class. This discount applies for families registering multiple children, or for families signing up for the full 4-session term.
CURIOSITY CLUB REGISTRATION
After we’ve received your registration, we will contact you with information about payment for the sessions you’ve registered for. We accept check, cash, or Paypal payments.
Curiosity Club is $15/session or $50/term (4 sessions) if you register one week before the term begins. Registration for individual classes closes one week prior to the class.